Adjustable shade-roller and window-curtain fixture.



R. A. KOTTKAY. ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLER AND WINDOW CURTAIN FIXTURE.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16, 1911. 1,029,198. Patented June 11, 1912.

STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

RUDOLPH A. KOTTKAY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLER AND WINDOW-CURTAIN FIXTURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH A. Kora- KAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade Roller and VVindow-Curtain Fixtures; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to adjustable shade roller and window curtain fixtures, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means for supporting in operative position, an ordinary spring roller for carrying window shades, between the jambs of a window frame, and for adjustably carrying on said fixtures curtain pole arms, between whose terminal portions a telescopic curtain pole may be detachably mounted. The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window shade and curtain pole bracket or fixture embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough as on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the bracket employed to support the round spindle of a shade roller. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the telescopic curtain pole supported in the arms of the brackets portions of which are broken away. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the telescopic curtain pole. Fig, 7 is a fragmentary View partly in section through the eye or socket at one end of one of the curtain pole arms and through one end of said curtain pole, showing the manner of mounting said pole in said arms.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates a shade roller bracket preferably struck from sheet metal, having a raised central portion 2 in which the spindle of the shade roller is adapted to be supported. The feet portions of said bracket are pierced as shown at 3 to receive the at- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Serial No. 666,116.

taching screws 1 through the medium of which the bracket is held in place. These brackets are formed in pairs, being rights and lofts. One bracket of each pair is provided in the struckup central portion thereof with a slot 5 which extends through the upper horizontal portion of said bracket that supports the struck-up central portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to permit the square spindle of the shade roller to drop into said slot. The struck-up central portion of the other bracket is provided with an aperture 6, as shown in Fig. 4:, to receive the round spindle of the shade roller.

Formed integral with each of the brackets 1 is an oblong horizontally extending plate 7, the longitudinal margins of which are rolled or turned so as to form embracing flanges 8. These embracing flanges form a longitudinal way in which is adapted to slide the shank 9, carrying at its outer end the curtain pole arm 10. Each of the curtain pole arms at its outer end is provided with an outwardly extending portion 11, having at its terminal a rolled eye 12 forming a retaining socket for purposes hereinafter stated. I11 each of the horizontal plates 7 of the fixtures is a longitudinal slot 13 into which projects a lug 11 on the shank of the curtain pole arm, which is adapted to prevent the entire withdrawal of said shank from the way or guide formed by the turned margins of the plates 7 as described. Projecting from the upper margins of each of the plates 7 is an ear which lies in a horizontal plane and which is provided with an aperture 16, through which may be passed a fastening screw 17 (see .Fig. 8) to fasten said plate to the lintel 18 of a window casing. The shade roller to be employed in connection with these brackets is not shown, but may be any of the well known spring rollers. The curtain pole is of a particular construction, comprising a tube 19 of relatively large diameter, and a tube 20 of relatively small diameter slidable telescopically within the tube 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The outer ends of the tubes 19 and 20, comprising the curtain pole, are closed by the plugs 21 which project from the ends of said tubes and serve as tenons which enter the sockets or eyes 12 at the ends of the curtain pole arms and support the pole in position between said arms, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

Within the tubular members of the ourtain pole, and extending from one to the other, is a compressible coil spring 22, the terminals of which bear against the plugs 21 in the ends of said tubes. To mount the curtain pole in the eyes or sockets 12 of the arms 10, after the brackets shall have been secured in place upon a Window casing, the tube 20 is caused to slide within the tube 19 against the action of the spring 22, an operation which compresses said spring and reduces the pole in length sufficiently to enable the tenons to be entered in the eyes or sockets 12 of said arms, when, upon releasing the tube 20 the recoil of the spring 22 will cause the tenons at the ends of the tubular members of the pole to enter said eyes or sockets at the outer ends of the arms and retain the pole in position therebetween. To remove the pole from said brackets it is only necessary to slide the tube 20 into the tube 19 sufficiently to release the tenon at the end of said tube 20 from its receiving socket 12.

When the brackets are in position within the jamb of a window casing the arms 10.

carried thereby will extend transversely across the face of the casing and outwardly therefrom so as to support the curtain in front of the window free from the casing.

To provide for ornamenting the terminals of the curtain pole when in position in the brackets, acorns or other ornamental knobs are employed, provided with a stem 24 which enters the eyes or sockets 12 of'the curtain pole arms.

Provision is made for rendering the fixtures adaptable for use in connection with window casings having various depths of jambs by reason of the slidable connection between the shanks 9 of the curtain pole arms and the plates in which said arms are mounted, whereby said shanks may be drawn outwardly to any desired extent necessary to carry the curtain pole arms beyond the face of the casing While the brackets remain fixed in a position to support the shade roller close to the window sash.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window shade fixture comprising brackets mounted on the jamb of the casing, each bracket having a curtain pole arm slidably mounted thereon, each curtain pole arm having an outer angular portion crossing the outer face of the casing transversely and provided with a'socket at its end, a telescopic curtain pole having tenons at its ends adapted to enter the sockets at the terminals of said arms, and a compressible spring mounted within the telescopic curtain pole whose tension normally urges the members of said pole outwardly to'yieldingly hold the tenons thereon in the sockets of the angular extensions of the curtain pole arms.

2. A window shade fixture comprising a bracket to support a shade holder, an oblong integral plate carried on the upper end of said bracket, means for fastening the bracket in place, the oblong plate at the end of the bracket having rearwardly turned margins which, in conjunction with said plate, form a way, the face of said plate having a longitudinal slot therein, a shank adapted to slide in the Way formed on said plate, said shank having a projecting lug which extends into the slot in said plate, an angular curtain pole arm extending later ally from the end of said shank crossing the face of the casing, the free end of said arm having a socket to receive a curtain pole, and a curtain pole having a tenon which enters said socket. r

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH A. KOTTKAY. WVitnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, M. E. BRoEsAMnE,

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